HIATUS HERNIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hiatus hernia mean? 

• HIATUS HERNIA (noun)
  The noun HIATUS HERNIA has 1 sense:

1. hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm

  Familiarity information: HIATUS HERNIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIATUS HERNIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

diaphragmatic hernia; hiatal hernia; hiatus hernia

Hypernyms ("hiatus hernia" is a kind of...):

hernia; herniation (rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes)

 Context examples 

A therapeutic surgical procedure to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease and hiatus hernia.

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